March 2025 At our 27 March meeting, guest Speaker, Graham Lambie, gave us a most comprehensive and well researched lecture on RMS Olympic. It covered the ship’s career from conception to scrapyard. Graham included the major Edwardian shipping companies, White Star, Cunard, IMMCo and builders Harland & Wolff. The race for supremacy on the Atlantic and the shipping personalities of …
Bedford March 2025
March 2025 The March meeting started with the branch AGM, followed by a DVD about FERRIES ACROSS THE MERSEY in the period 1901 to 1996. The show included some rare 1901 film and onward, featured film of ferries in stormy weather, visits to the bridge and engine room. Earlier tugs were illustrated either by photos or diagrams and all accompanied …
Isle of Wight (February 2025)
February 2025 Our 27 February meeting was changed with former Chairman, Chris Bancroft, stepping into the breech. Chris gave a presentation the like we haven’t seen before with a cornucopia of images from the late Phill Fricker’s collection. Chris had spent the previous 3-4 months scanning some 400+ photos to show the Branch. None of these photos had ever been …